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Public Librarians

Public Librarians. Adult Special Populations. Economically Disadvantaged Prison Inmates Deaf and Hearing Impaired Those with Cultural Constraints. Older Adults Mentally Disabled Blind and Partially Sighted Individuals with Learning Disabilities And more …. Special Populations.

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Public Librarians

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  1. Public Librarians Adult Special Populations

  2. Economically Disadvantaged Prison Inmates Deaf and Hearing Impaired Those with Cultural Constraints Older Adults Mentally Disabled Blind and Partially Sighted Individuals with Learning Disabilities And more … Special Populations Populations we will discuss: Other populations we will not discuss:

  3. Lower-Income Populations • Technology and Computers • Information about jobs and careers • Safe place for children • More time and attention required per patron • Need to be more proactive

  4. What Librarians Do: Fill requests from inmates such as: self help books, poetry, romance novels, dictionaries, thesauri, law books, and religious materials. Teach life and literacy skills, as well as information on social services Fight to protect inmates right on privacy Considerations: Mental health Substance abuse Lower literacy rates Many speak limited English Jail and Prison Populations

  5. DEFINITIONDEAF INDIVIDUALS ARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND SPEECH OWING TO A TOTAL LOSS OF HEARING, WHILE HARD OF HEARING HAVE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTABDING SPECCH AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A PARTIAL LOSS OF HEARING. DEAF COMMUNITY • AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE USERS • BILINGUAL USERS • ORALISTS • PEOPLE WHO USE TOTAL COMMUNICATION • DEAFENED ADULTS • HEARING IMPAIRED ELDELRY • HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS • HEARING PEOPLE WITH DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED FAMILY MEMBERS

  6. Children’s Sign Language Ages 5-12. This 16-week program starts August 14 and ends December 11. Includes Sign Language vocabulary, stories and crafts and activities for children. Adult Beginners Sign LanguageThis 16-week program starts August 14 and ends December 11. Includes basic Sign Language vocabulary, daily phrases and facts about the Deaf community and culture. Adult Intermediate Sign Language CourseThis 16-week program starts August 14 and ends December 11. Includes conversational Sign Language, stories, songs and skits. Computer Skills for the Deaf Basic Deaf LiteracyIncludes reading, writing and computer skills. Library Collection More than 15 hundred items of fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, magazines and videos. The emphasis has been on ASL and Deaf culture, but some of the material is scholarly, and most of it is intended for a general audience. Other Services Audio-enhancement devices and interpreters available for library programs. TTY Telephone for the Hearing Impaired. Community Partnerships The Deaf and Hearing Connection for Tampa Bay offers an FTRI program that provides loans of free equipment (specialized telephones, ring signaling device) as long as needed. Other Library Connections for the Deaf Pinellas Park Public Library Palm Harbor Public Library South St. Petersburg Library Deaf Literacy CenterA service of the Safety Harbor Public Library and Pinellas Public Library Cooperative http://tblc.org/shpl/deaf_services.html

  7. Cultural restraints:English as a second language Identify cultural pockets in the community. Provide bilingual staff or volunteers. Offer ESL courses. Collaborate with the community. Utilize foreign language vendors.

  8. Success Stories • Project LEAP – Cal State LA • Glendale Branch of Arapahoe Library District – Glendale, CO • READ/Orange County – Orange County, CA Resources for Libraries • TESOL: http://www.tesol.org • Association of College and research libraries: http://www.acrl.org/is • Center for Applied Linguistics: http://cal.org

  9. Bibliography • See bibliography posted on discussion board.

  10. What we covered… • Low-Income • Prison • Deaf and Hearing Impaired • Cultural Constraints

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